Machine for filling bottles and other vessels



Dec. 13 1927. 1,652,994

- H. V. NIELSEN MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS Filed DEC. a, 1926 s Sheets-Shet 1 a? 33 I 6% 5049 40L I n i r 30 I0 7 Q f6 4a w 5 W INVENTOR HEINRICH V NIELSEN Dec. 13 1927.

H. V. NIELSEN MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS Filed Dec. 8. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR HE\NRICH v NIELSEN M ATTORNEYS Dec. 13 1927.

H. V. NIELSEN MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS Filed Dec. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 13,1927. I

HEINRICH vALnEr/mn mELsEn or roe-R151r le, WALES? MACHINE'TORFILLING'BCTTLES ANii) OwflERjvEssfl s i-p v V Application filed December 8 1926, Serial ire-453,310, anti in! Greet-*Britm'n lDeeemlier1-5, 1925.5

invention relates to machines'for receptacles with liquids, or with comminute'd or -ground dry material, the liquids being typifialble by milk and the dry, .rnaterielsr by tainerfol: the liquid 011 material fto' be filled 1' andharving openings for the discharge, th ere of, oflmechanismfor controlling the dis" charge WllllQ avoiding all forms. of amt-' melting peeking, such mechanism comprising a control member mounted in operative relationship With the conta'iner provided-Withcoinple nental discharge openings,.and adaptand in another direction to'cut off'the; dischar-gen The control member-allay be of a. singlev orof a multiple structure. Inwthe' latter, 4 form,- thecomponents are counterpartalfend each i sdesigned tocontrol-o predetermined numben ofopeningsin the container, the components being i independently v or simultaneouslyToperated; I V.

A =machine incorporating the invention is I further characterized in that-in-so ne forms elevation on the line4+4ii1 Fig. 2; and

filled are sequentiallyassembledon a support which is p'eriodioally advanced efter a fillingr:

Weight-ao'f the filled --r eceptaoles against an agent whichlreturns the support to the initial" position for the-next fillingroperation.

A maehineiembody ing the invention .isstill further distinguished by the COIHblIlEl-tlOI-l'Of parts constituting the complete meu'zhine these parts oeing constructed, 7' arranged and adapted to operate-substantially as'liwill now'desoribe with re'ferenee to the accompanying drawings which illustrateyby --Way 7 of example; a -Hl1lk bottling-f machineand whereof:

complete machine ready for-use and i FigJ'Q is -21 sectional end "elevation thereof Fig. 3 is: a'plan; looking approximately, alongzthe 'line 8-*'-? fl11*' Fig? 1 and assuming the-container Qnd the-enejQr portion of thee con-trollingmechanism removed;

l Fig.4 is a rfraginental detzii-leeetionehfront' a th r such detail; h e- While 1 v,

fee; 7 is wireginental eeibneiue veeoer Fig; 9 is: a sectional elevation of it iliith er L such-detail? all these cle'teilsibeing iaentifieei I hereinaft'etfl e v v The sa ine numerals of referenceare adoptedfl V throughontto designate. the semepart's. eel-to be movedv in-one direction to br ngthe 5 openings'into reg ster: to eiiect. the discharge,

. n'ocording to lflthis "eiiample, I employ a}, fra ne comprisi nggfourl" equally speeed legsw- 10lO,: and tie-members jli "and 1.12 [applied] at the-"top aindintermediete ofthe. endsof-the legs; 10, 10;-

lhe tie memher 11 is w appropriately} of channel sectionns'o as to opresent a horizontal@ ledge for :the removable reception of r it tank into'whicl ithe milk is poured'foridelii ery 89 for'filling into the bottles. The bottles "are assembled in a normal Way in zt easeithtt -is positioned in eflcarrier,l4 reciproeablyv i p p mounted in e fremeISsupported-HpQ-n the". 0f-the-c0ntrol member-thereceptacles to be front end reerr componente of the tie-member 35 :Whieh 1 is stifliied by, struts' 16 16 Iconnectedto-the 1ege, 10- 10." I p The machine exemplified is designed to fill? twenty bottles in, four operations; that-is lto say five -siln'urlteneou'sily inf.;alignment,.f,con; sequently they are assembled, iniltheocase @in five rows offour per row.

7 The/bottom pf thetenk l3 declines from the rear to the from. as will be,. seen from} Fig. 2, '311d2l11 proximity. tohtlieifronteiiti is provided-With n heir-'1'}? (which may be. integral therewith; '01. seouredYthereto in f any suitablewvayr As is shownf best 4 in i Figs1 l, 5 and-6, five equi distant aligned T holes 1818 are made in thebot-toin-of the Q tank- 13 and i the bar 17; As Ja detaehitblel p 1 p v -oom plgeniental to' the barl'l' I pr ovide 'a 1 Fig; l is e general frontelevation of the bar 19 edeptedzto embrace itlaterallji and present, a -O31Vltyf20 betWeeI- the adjacent faces; Thewbar 19 is furnished 'withf fi'lVe nozzles 2l2l,flregistering, With the." holes 18+18, hence liquid oan 'flo'w froin {the tank, 13-by we'ygof the openings.. 18f--18 andnozzles-fi minto-thebottles deletined'to be j I positioned helowthe nozzlee: TlieoperetiVe 1 connection between V the holes 18%18 end A the inozrz les v- 21- -21 f is Controlled a';r e

ciprocable flat member 22in the form of a slide situated in the cavity between the bars 17 and 19, and having holes 23'23 for 4 co-acting with the holes 1818 and the nozzles 21-21, the arrangement being such that 'a liquid tight metal-to-metal joint is positively maintained between the slide 22 and the-bars 17 and'19. This is accomplished by applying below the bar 19 another bar 24 which is formedwith openings 25 25 for the passage of thenozzles 21-21,

and is secured to the bar 17 by fastening devlceseach consisting-of ascrew stud 26 and i 7 a nut 27, the stud being screwed into the bar V 17 but having-plain portions passing through the bars 19. and a slot 28 in' the slide 22.

The opening 25 in the bar 24 through which the nozzle 21 passes is recessed to form a seat and abutment for one end of a spiral spring 29 applied around the nozzle 21, the other end seating and abutting upon the I underside of theibar 19. Preferably, the

end of thespring29is permanently secured in the recess in the bar 24. Therefore, when the parts' are actively associated, the slide 22 is held in spring-pressed contactual relationship with, and between, the bars 17 and 19 preserving liquid tightness without the necessity for flexible packing, while,

" when the nuts 27,27 are detached, the bar 19,

the slide 22', the bar 24 and the springs 29-29 can be removedand re-applied as a unit as'will be'moreparticularly explained presently, I

, The slide 22 is actuatedto bring its holes 23+23 into register with the holes 1818 in the bar 17'and with the nozzle 2121 to establish theliquid discharge connection by a lever. 30 applied at one end of the slide 22 and designed to work against a spring 7 31 applied at the other end of the slide.

The lever 30 and spring 31 may be arranged in any' suitable way, but that illustrated is particularly appropriate and, in consequence, I recommend it inasmuch as it facihtates the'unitary arrangement of the slide 22 and its. allied parts.

The lever 30 is pivoted at 32 to a leg 10,

and it is formed with a head 33 furnished with a cavity or pocket 34 comprising an element in the means for establishing its connection with the contiguous end of the slide projection 38 cavity or pocket 34 in the lever 30 and thus I constitutes a centre or pivot;

when the parts are operatively assembled,

22 in which is secured another element consisting of a ball 35. The ball 35 is destined to co-act with a spring clip 36 associated with a-lejver 37 furnishedwith a dowel or which normally reposes 1n the Therefore,

. the slide 22 can bereciprocated by depressing the lever 30', while disengagement can be readily effected by removing the lever 37 as p I will explain subsequently.

The spring 31 is positioned upon the slide 22 between an abutment 39 provided on the slide and a bracket 40 loosely suspended from the slide and abutting upon the. ends of the bars 17 and 19. Thebracket 40 carries a pin 42 which is normally held retracted by a spring 43, but which, at will, is designed to be passed through a hole 44 provided in the slide22, the ends of the bars 17 and 19 being grooved at 45 for clearance. The pin 42 only functions inthedismantling of'the slide The lever 30 is depressed to withdraw the, slide'22'until the hole 44 registers with the pin 42, and then the pin 42 is pressed into engagement. The lever 30 is now released, and the lever 37 pushed laterally "to release the clip 36 from the end of the slide 22 whereupon the lever 37 can be removed although it 'is not necessary to "do so. Finally, the nuts 27, 27 are removed, and thereupon the slide 22 with the spring 31 and-bracket 40', and the bars 19 and 24 with the interposed springs 2929, can be slid over the screws 26, 26 as a unit for removal for cleansing or other purpose, operative re-assembly be ng attained by the reverse operations.

'As previously mentioned, the bottles are positionedin a case which is, in turn, positioned in the carrier 14 supported by'the frame 15. The frame 15 comprises a pair of side members or runners 46, 46 which are supported upon the front and rear compo nents of the tie-member 12 so as to decline from the front of the machine, the free ends I M at the front of the machine being merged together or joined by a cross-piece 47. The

carrier 14 is of rectangular formation to agree with the bottle-case, and at each cor--- ner, as represented in Fig. 3, a roller 48 is mounted to'run .on the members or runners 46, 46, Fig. 7 showing the detail arrangement. The rear end of the carrier 14 is, as shown generally in Figs, 1, 2 and 3 and-in detail .in Figs. 8 and 9, provided centrally with a hinged arm 49 for operating as, a

.stop in conjunction witha series of spaced stationary stops 5050 provided on a shaft 51 rotatably mounted at the ends 'in the the shaft. 51 by a link 57. The stops 504-50 are spaced apart to agree with the spacing.

of the four aligned bottles in-the case.

A spring. 58 is interposed between the carrier 14 and the frame 15, the spring being connected at the opposite ends to rods 59 and 60, the rod 59 being turnably connected at 61 to the tie-component12, and the 7:, v 22 and its allied parts which is effected thus o a rod 60 similarly connected at 62 to the rear end of the carrier 14.

The operation is as follows: i

The case, with the empty bottles, is placed on .the carrier 14 which, under-the resulting weight morement, runsforward against the spring 55 until the arm 49 contacts with the first stop 50 in which position the first row of bottles reposes in alignment with the nozzles 2121. whereupon, through the agency of the lever and the spring 31,

the slide 22 is reciprocated first to deliver the milk and then to cut it off when the bottles are filled. Now, the lever 54 is operated to rock the shaft. 51 to remove the first stop out of contact with the stop 49 and bring the second stop 50 into the active position to co-act with the stop 49 when the carrier 14 runs forward and thus hold it for the filling of the next row of bottles. l Vhen' this row is filled, the same operations are repeated for the sucessive rows, and when the last row is filled. the spring 58 and rods 59 and 60 will have taken up the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The case, with the full bottles, is now removable atthe rear of the machine, and

when removed the spring 58 re-acts and returns the carrier 14 to its initial position ready for the next case of empty bottles.

It will nowsbe manifest that I provide for the filling of a plurality of receptacles in a simple andexpeditious way involving no separate yieldable joint-packing with their attendant disadvantages; and that the structural details may be variously modified without aifecting the scope of my invention, the essential feature of which resides in the control member 22 and its complements.

Also, it will be apparent that the structure 'of the member 22 iscapable of sundry variants to meet different services, and that in some forms the carrier 14 and its allied varying conditions and uses.

parts. can be dispensed with.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifica tions as may be necessary to adapt it to What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bottle filling device comprising the combination with a supporting frame, of a container for the filling, material, a member below the container forming a portion of the bottom thereof, the said member being pro- I vided with discharge openings, slidable plate adjacent the said member with open- 7 I ings adapted to register withthe discharge openings but normally held out of engagementtherewith, a releasable spring pressed locking member for the said plate and held the plate, a yieldingly supported member adjacent the plate provided with apertures registering with the discharge openings, a

second plate secured to the first named memmember, discharge nozzlesv communicating with "the discharge openings and extending through the last named plate, the said yield-.

in position by frictional engagement with ber V and carrying the yieldingly supported ingly supported member being supported by V a spring surrounding each nozzle and resting upon the last named plate, a spring actuated by therelease of the said locking member for moving-the slidable plate to cause the apertures thereof to disengage with the discharge openings upon the release of the said locking member, whereby the discharge of the filling material from the container is means are in operation, a. spring pressed releasable locking member forthe said slidable plate normally held in place by frictional engagement with the plate while maintaining the plate in normal operative position, a spring to automatically slide the plate upon release ofthe said locking member, whereby the apertures of the plate are brought out of register with the discharge openings and'nozzles, to stop the discharge of material, means for bringing aselected row of bottles beneath the dischargenozzles, the said means comprising a carrier, and means for returning the bottle carrier to its original position when the filling of the bot-. I

tles is completed. 7

In testimony whereof, I'aflix my signature.

' HEINRICH VALDEMAR NIELSEN. 

